babaçu

See also: babaçú

Portuguese

Alternative forms

baguaçu, guaguaçu, aguaçu, uauaçu
bauaçu, auaçu, oabaçu, oaguaçu, uaçu, uauçu (rare)
babassu, babassú, babaçú, baguaçú, baguassu, baguassú, guaguaçú, guaguassú, aguassú, uauaçú, uauassu, uauassú, auaçú, auassú, uaguassu, uaguassú, oauaçu, oauassú, oaguaçú, buassú, uaussú (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Nheengatu babasú, from Old Tupi 'ybagûasu.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.baˈsu/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.bɐˈsu/ [bɐ.βɐˈsu]

Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧çu

Noun

babaçu m or (obsolete) f (plural babaçus)

(Brazil) babassu (Attalea speciosa, a tall Brazilian feather palm)
Synonyms: palha-branca, coco-de-macaco, coco naiá, coco-pindoba

Descendants

→ English: babassu
→ French: babaçu, babassu
→ Italian: babaco

Further reading

“babaçu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025